Innovative Approaches to the Management of Acute Arterial Hypertension - Clevidipine Butyrate

Acute arterial hypertension is one of the major concerns in many clinical settings including but not limited to operating room, intensive care and emergency care units. Perioperative hypertension is one of the major reasons for cancellation of elective surgeries, and also increases the perioperative morbidity. We would like to discuss pathophysiology, evaluation of the patients with acute hypertension, management of these patients and future considerations of the current intravenous antihypertensive medications.